Selwyn Times: April 25, 2018

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Southbridge retained the Murray Cooper Shield. PHOTOS: KAREN CASEY
Southbridge beat Lincoln
SOUTHBRIDGE retained
the Murray Cooper Shield
with a last-gasp 32-30 win
over Lincoln on Saturday at
Southbridge Domain.
Southbridge needed an
injury-time penalty goal to
captain Shannon Donald to
win the combined country
competition game.
Southbridge scored three
tries before Lincoln stormed
back from 19-3 down to make
• By J acob Page
LYNDSAY DICK continues
to give back to the sport she
was first introduced to as a
five-year-old.
The Ellesmere Tennis Sub-
Association competitions
committee member was
named senior volunteer of the
year at the Tennis Canterbury
awards.
She received the award for
her role as administrator of
Tennis Canterbury’s seniors’
group, which consists of more
than 200 players over the age
IRWELL CLUB tennis player
Diego Quispe-Kim is a
motivated 12-year-old.
Diego has been named
Tennis Canterbury male junior
of 35. While the role sees Ms
Dick (above) in the city more,
she remains loyal to
her country roots.
“It’s great for people
to see tennis as a game
that can be played at
any age and that there
are opportunities in
the sport.”
Ms Dick started
playing tennis 55 years
ago as a five-year-old.
“It was a family
sport that we all played on the
weekend and I learned the
game by hitting the ball up
the game close.
The lead changed three
times in the last 10min.
Lincoln had held the shield
for 11 seasons until Southbridge
beat them to take it last
year.
The result was the perfect
way for Southbridge prop
Jimmy Harvey to celebrate his
150th game.
Southbridge coach Doug
Maginness said his team initially
ran the visitors off their
feet before poor ball-handling
and ill-discipline cost them
their advantage.
“We played an up-tempo
style which worked for us but
we let ourselves down with
not treasuring the ball like we
should have,” he said.
Maginness praised No 8 Jale
Masi for his strength with the
ball in hand.
“On both sides of the ball
player of the year.
Fresh off his national 12s
singles victory at Wilding Park
in January, he is eager to add
the 14s, 16s and 18s titles in the
coming years.
Diego trains with his father,
Juan Quispe-Kim, 20 hours a
week and models his forehand
and serve off world No 1,
Spaniard Rafa Nadal.
“I try to keep my serve and
forehand as consistent as
possible,” he said. “I want to
win all the age-group national
titles in the coming years.”
against our garage door.”
She has been a regular on
the Christchurch
inter-club scene
since 1978.
She has spent most
of her time between
division one and
premier and has
returned in recent
years to the club she
first started with,
Hagley Park.
“I plan on retiring
from the higher level of tennis
soon, but I’ll continue playing
tennis at other levels,” she
he was fantastic,” Maginness
said.
He also praised reserve
halfback Mitchell Prendergast,
who was not a regular senior A
halfback but managed to play
75min off the bench due to a
serious achilles injury to Luke
Palmer.
Lincoln coach Matt Lowe
said his team struggled to cope
with Southbridge’s width in
attack early.
Irwell 12-year-old named
Tennis Canty player of the year
FUTURE CHAMP: Diego
Quispe-Kim looks to have
a bright future in tennis.
Diego had an unlikely first
encounter with the sport.
He was three-years-old and
kicking a soccer ball with
his dad at a park next to the
Burnside Tennis Club. “We
were invited over by a family
friend and it turned out I
showed more talent with
a tennis racket than I did
kicking the soccer ball,” he
said.
Diego said he embraces
training hard and likes the
court-coverage style of play
which Nadal is known for.
Ellesmere Tennis member honoured
Lyndsay Dick
Southbridge winger Ratuniumaia
Luvenitoga makes an alluding run.
said. “You never give up.”
Her passion for promoting
rural tennis led her to become
a member off the Tennis
Canterbury board.
“It’s always nice to receive
such an award because
you don’t do it for the
recognition,” she said.
Ms Dick says the
Canterbury seniors’ season
is busiest during the winter
months.
As well as tennis, Ms Dick is
also a keen badminton player
but she says tennis holds a
special place with her.